[newbie] SCSI cdrom installation

Hi I'm installing Linux Mandrake 8.0 BETA 2 on my IBM 386X laptop using a backpack (microsolutions) cdrom with SCSI connection. I did this installation using the same devices with RedHat 5.2 and to my surprise it had a module (bpcd.o) spcifically for this external cdrom. However, Mandrake

Re: [newbie] SCSI cdrom installation

Mandrake 8.0 Bea requires a minimum Pentium processor. And the module built for the 2.0 kernel of redHat 5.2 is NOT going to work with a 2.4 kernel, which is why insmod failed. You might be able to get Mandrake 5.3 somewhere or you could try RH 6.0, but a 386 just isn't adequate for 8.0,

Re: [newbie] scsi cdrom

_lee _kinkade wrote: Now that I have kde and mandrake 7 running so well at work, i am tempted to install the same at home. I have a pentium 75 with 48 MB mem a scsi hard drive and a scsi cd rom any suggestions for getting started? I think that your configuration will be a little bit

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[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: _lee _kinkade wrote: Now that I have kde and mandrake 7 running so well at work, i am tempted to install the same at home. I have a pentium 75 with 48 MB mem a scsi hard drive and a scsi cd rom any suggestions for getting started? I think that your

[newbie] scsi cdrom

Now that I have kde and mandrake 7 running so well at work, i am tempted to install the same at home. I have a pentium 75 with 48 MB mem a scsi hard drive and a scsi cd rom any suggestions for getting started? --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.